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Apr. 2, 1974

Letter from Hans Bachrach to Abraham Stern about Booklets for Counterpoint Australia (1974)

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Dear Hillel, My first name is Hans or Abraham, and I guess we will be seeing each other soon. May I take the liberty of addressing you by your first name, and I hope you will do likewise. It was a particular pleasure to receive your handwritten letter from Chicago, where I hope you enjoyed being with your family. Your writing is clear and I hasten to answer your letter. The intensity of the seminars had been previously communicated to me, and we in Australia had all intentions of dividing the three weeks during which Shalom College is available into three parts. However, owing to difficulties with transport and owing to the fact that there may be great objections to Australian youngsters travelling each way for a full day just to spend four days in the seminar atmosphere, I telephoned Dr. Stern and, after submitting the problem to him, he agreed to reducing the number of seminars in the period to two longer ones. This may also be an advantage, as Australians may take longer to be emotionally involved and to work up enthusiasm.Taking into account various representations which I have received, I now wish to confirm to you that the first seminar will be exactly as you envisaged, except that the departure shall be moved to one day later. This will be balanced by the arrival of the next group one day later, giving you a full 48-hour break, which you requested. In addition, we have planned a full day's outing to the Blue Mountains and Jenolan Caves, a round trip of 150–200 miles. We had thought of this taking place at the end of the seminar, but Ruthie Casin suggested that it may be better to break the seminar activities towards the middle. Please give us your advice and guidance.As the second seminar starts a day later, it will have to continue to Sunday, 21st, when there is no morning train but an evening train. This seminar can also be broken by possibly two day outings. A visit to a performance of the Opera for this group will be out because of the Three Weeks. Howev…
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Dear Abe, I appreciate receipt of the two letters from Rabbi Lamm and his statement, for which I will thank him directly. Today I would like to advise that regarding travel arrangements, money may be saved by students traveling on our ticket, not together to one direction from the West Coast, but directly to their varied destinations, and travel proceed to Honolulu on Sunday, 23rd June. In this way no internal money expenses will be incurred by the Counsellors and Faculty and a lot of money will be saved by Yeshiva.As soon as I have confirmation of this and your travel wishes, I would exceedingly like to go ahead and make the bookings, particularly as some hotels are difficult to get for so large a group.As I have not received a reply from Rabbi Mandel from New Zealand, I today sent a copy of this letter to the Rabbi in Auckland to ascertain if his help can be enlisted.For your own information, I enclose a copy of Mr. Schruhm's statement. You will see copies of my letters to Mr. Nagley and Zeev Amit. From the letter you may have a number of copies that, depending on the size of the student seminar in Sydney, we may have other activities, particularly since possibly only 30-50 students may be attending, of Faculty and Madrichim available during that weekend.Bert Monde is now Chairman of the Education Committee of the Board of Deputies American and has arranged that the Board will tender a welcome to our visitors on Thursday, 27th June. This function will serve to meet leaders of the community as well as their partners from Australia.Kind regards,
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Letter from Hans Bachrach to Abraham Stern about Counterpoint Australia Schedule (1974)

Dear Rabbi and Mrs. Bernan, My wife and I feel remiss not having personally replied to the letter which our friend, Dr. Abe Stern, delivered. However, you will be pleased to hear that, whilst our first inquiries proved negative, one source has been discovered which may yield results. Of course, we are delighted to hear that both of you may be leaving New York a few weeks ahead of the group, and if you could make it so as to arrive earlier than the rest in Australia, I would like to show our gratitude and from there assist you in making a more leisurely start.We suggest the following possible routes:(a) Tel Aviv / Singapore / Jakarta to Melbourne, or(b) Tel Aviv / Hong Kong / Jakarta to Melbourne, or(c) London / Tokyo / Taiwan / Hong Kong to Melbourne.On such a routing, you will be able to make one official stop for a few days, whilst the other stops are technical to make connecting flights. We shall try to see, if possible, that you have 12–24 hours at each place.My wife and I would be delighted to have you stay at our house, and we would be happy having you with us at the centre of Melbourne Jewish activities!Please convey our warmest regards. We look forward to seeing you soon.Yours sincerely,
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